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q-bio.PE2014★ 78 cited
Range contraction enables harvesting to extinction
Matthew G. Burgess, Christopher Costello, Alexa Fredston-Hermann +4
Economic incentives to harvest a species usually diminish as its abundance declines, because harvest costs increase. This prevents harvesting to extinction. A known exception can o…
q-bio.PE2014★ 14 cited
Consequences of fleet diversification in managed and unmanaged fisheries
Matthew G. Burgess
Biological diversity is known to play an important role in generating and maintaining ecosystem productivity and other functions, and has consequently become a central focus of man…